NextCloud, the true open source, self-hosted cloud storage service, which is a fork of OwnCloud has recently been updated to version 14.04 and this brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install or upgrade to it on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 18.10….

This release contains bug fixes, improves the reliability and some security fixes… in total, about 60 issues were fixed in Nextcloud 14…

Nextcloud enables private cloud services on users’ own servers… It’s a self-hosted file sync and share app platforms and with it you can access & sync your files, contacts and data across your devices.

The major 14.0 release brought many improvements, including security, collaboration features like adding a note to a share, video verification, 2-factor authentication provider, support for PHP 7.2 and many more…

For new users and students who want to learn how to install or upgrade, the posts below should be a great starting point…

We’ve written tutorials on installing NextCloud on Ubuntu with both Apache2 and Nginx HTTP servers support… Continue below to learn how to install or upgrade Nextcloud server…

Installing NextCloud with Apache2

If you want to install NextCloud with Apache2 support, then the post below should help you get there… It helps students and new users install NextCloud on Ubuntu with Apache2, MariaDB and PHP 7.2 support…

Installing NextCloud with Nginx

For those looking for help installing NextCloud with Nginx support instead, the post below is what may want to use… It shows students and new users how to install NextCloud on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 with Nginx, MariaDB and PHP 7.2 support…